NFT: First concert you ever went to?

Shea Stadium,NYC 1971

Madison Square Garden - 1975

Coldplay, Jones Beach

In comment 12165354 Randy in CT said:

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at Oakdale in CT in mid-70's. Followed up by Sha Na Na. Take that!

sha na na was my first concert (my parents took me). green day in 1994 was my first concert that i attended without parents.

Poison at Jones Beach. Summer of 92 I think.

Great times.

Razors Edge

of course! 1988

Metallica at the capital theater in Passaic, NJ. This was approx a month or so after Cliff Burton died and the same week Bavaro dragged half the 49 defense for 25 yards.

There were rumors that Metallica wasn't going to continue the tour but they did. My brother was about to join the army and took me to the concert as a going away gift. I was 14.

I even remember the band that opened up for Metallica -- Metal Church..

Metallica opened with Battery and Master of Puppets...awesome.

first one I remember was Metallica/GNR in 1993 or so. Also saw Rollins Band and Neil Young around that time.

In comment 12165327 Milton said:

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1974 Diamond Dogs tour. I was 14 at the time.

Very cool!

In comment 12165390 Berrylish said:

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of course! 1988

ahh.. still had Carl/Al/Mike/Bruce in 1988 live shows.. no Stamos!!!!

It was summer of 1968. Opening act was The Fifth Dimension followed by Pete Seeger. The price was 2.50 because we were sitting on the floor. If we sat in bleachers it would have been 1.50.

Shea Stadium, 1982. The Clash opened up! I was 13 years old. At the time Pete Townshend was 7 years younger than I am now. Weird.

1984 or 1985. Brendan T. Byrne Arena.

My first concert on my own and with a date. High School memories.

at the Fox Theatre in Hackensack.....say 1972 or so.
He filled in for Jethro Tull when they cancelled.

Frankie Valle and the 4 seasons
Jay Black and the Americans
Martha Reeves Ns the Vandellas
The Drifters
That was a lineup!

November 1967. St. John's. Sweet show.

Rochester War Memorial around 1979 on their Live at Buddakan Tour.

When I was 15



It was fucking awesome

First real concert was Rush at the coliseum in '86 with Merillion opening

East Rutherford

April 1986

In comment 12165338 RIZZBIZZ said:

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That I am NOT the only one here whos first show was at the Hollyweed Snortatorium. Bruce, of course, 1981

RIZZ - I lived at that place in 85 and 86. So many awesome shows at that dump and the parking lot, well hence the name Hollyweed Snortatorium.

Madison Square Garden

at the Commack Arena/LI Arena...forget what they called it then. It was the place the old LI Ducks of the Eastern Hockey League played.

I was 12, took any drug anybody gave me and didn't even catch a buzz. Why would I? Would you waste good drugs on a 12 yo?

Circa 1995 for their Bridges To Babylon tour. I was about 10 at the time. Fast forward 11 years and Ween was my next concert

stole my seat from a Hells Angel, lsd, hehe, I was 14 years old.

Also- Graham Nash, in the space formerly occupied by the fillmore east? in any case, a hall with old wood seats somewhere in NYC , sublime, as he could still sing. guy in the next seat gave me some product.

(funny, I am raising my kids 100% clean and sober with an academic and public service oriented view, ...not surprising maybe)

Then later:

Dead Kennedies, Janes Addiction, Black Flag and so forth, ....of course.

2 lane road with deep canals on both sides the only way in... to an abandoned airplane hanger...in the middle of the Everglades, surrounded by a garbage filled moat ...with no security...yup glad we survived.

In comment 12165284 CRinCA said:

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Might have been the same show, although my seat was nowhere near as good.

I saw mine in Rochester though. Had to of been the same tour though

In comment 12165509 RIZZBIZZ said:

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2 lane road with deep canals on both sides the only way in... to an abandoned airplane hanger...in the middle of the Everglades, surrounded by a garbage filled moat ...with no security...yup glad we survived.

LMAO!!! And driving down Krome Ave as fast as you could with no lights on!! Good times for sure!! My brother lives right down the street from the old spot.

Before they played the Fillmore.

Around the same time saw folks like Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Richie Havens and Phil Ochs in performances in the Village.

1976 in Jacknsoville, FL

Yes, the one they filmed as We Will Rock You.

I can count the number of pop/rock music concerts I've been to on one hand: Queen, Billy Joel (in both cases I drove my younger sisters), Squeeze in Edinburgh Scotland and Springsteen once at SPAC. That's it. You'll find me much more often through the years at Tanglewood in the summer.

Louis Armstrong at Freedomland (now Co-op City)in the Bronx, probably 1962 or 1963. Met him in his dressing room, got his autograph (still have it.) First rock concert: Mountain, with opening act Jack Bruce and Friends (Mitch Mitchell on drums, Larry Coryell on guitar) at The Fillmore East, January 1970.

No Doubt as the opener - They were just getting big
Goo Goo Dolls
Bush as the headliner

But a big reason I never got into the concert scene, other than the skyrocketing pricing, is my perception that most of the great "shows" are not really about the music and most of the great music is not really about the show. Of course, there would be some exceptions on both sides. For example, the Rolling Stones put on a great show and actually play and sing great stuff live. I just wasn't into them growing up.

As far as I was concerned, I wasn't going to spend a lot of money to just watch a band basically play, when I could listen to their stuff any time. Likewise, I wasn't going to spend a lot of money to watch a performer dance and put on a production when they would not actually be singing live. Music videos fill that need. Two performers who I loved from my childhood fall into that category. I loved the music and theatrics of early Madonna and Michael Jackson. But, their concerts were more about the production and not the music. That tended to be more and more the norm in pop music.

I was never enough of a music fan to go see the great bands or performers. To some degree, I regret that, but mostly not.

Welcome to my nightmare. 1974 Madison Square Garden.

... MSG 1976

Summer (maybe August) at SPAC. Sat on the lawn; great concert.

Saw Donald Byrd followed by Chick Corea and Return to Forever

Maybe $20 tops, think it was less

A lot of pot was smoked that evening. Fell asleep during one of their exhausting drum solos.

In comment 12165614 RinR said:

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Summer (maybe August) at SPAC. Sat on the lawn; great concert.

Oops, forgot the year - 1976.

I was 10 years old, and went with my dad and three of my uncles to the Mosque in Richmond (now the Altria Theater). We had great seats and it was insanely loud. The balcony overhang was right overtop of us, and someone from the balcony kept throwing lit cigarettes down into a big group of bikers sitting in the rows in front of us. The bikers all got up together and filed out. The throwing stopped, and about 5 minutes later they filed back in.

Don Kirshner held a series of concerts in West Orange, NJ, in an empty field near South Mountain Arena. Pat Benatar opened for Eddie Money.

...I think about 1971 or 1972, it opened with Rare Earth, then Gladys Knight & The Pips, and then Sly & The Family Stone.

Brahms Symphony No. 1, Colden Auditorium, Queens College, 1962.

Either Grand Funk/ Humble Pie at Shea. Or Chicago at the Capital Theater in Portchester. Both were about the same time; Early 70s. Can't remember.

In comment 12165735 Marty in Albany said:

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Brahms Symphony No. 1, Colden Auditorium, Queens College, 1962.

^^^ NEEEEEEEEEEEERRRDDD

1968, Steel Pier, Atlantic City.

Blood Sweat and Tears or possibly Linda Ronstadt some time early 70's. I think there possibly was one I went to prior to those but I can't remember who it would have been so maybe not.

Forest Hills Tennis Stadium